Etchells Spring Regatta at Royal London Yacht Club
by Jan Ford 5 May 20:24 BST
27-28 April 2019
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th April saw the first of the Spring Etchells series. As with all
races on the Solent, Saturdays racing was cancelled with 30+knots winds forecast. Sunday
saw more favourable conditions with a breeze varying between 10 and 15 knots from the
North West.
The first race saw a win for Rob Goddard in newly named Rocketman and a close second the
Royal Lymington Youth team sailing with Jaydon Owusu of Greig City Academy as fourth.
Shaun Frohlich with David Bedford and Duncan Truswell went on to dominate the next two races, leading from the front in both and 4-5 boat lengths ahead of the fleet.
It was a great
day for the Bedfords with Will Bedford and his youth team taking second in both. This youth
team of Will, Will Heritage, Luciue Offord and Will Birch-Tomlinson are preparing to
compete in the Etchells Worlds in Texas and they showed their good credentials with a win
in the last race.
The Greig City Academy team scored consistent sixth places with a new young
helm Jahvarn.
The regatta saw a very pleasing entry from the youth teams - five out of the nine entries were
youths. Overall winner was Shaun, Duncan and David on Exabyte 7, second was the Royal
London Youth entry (which took first Corinthian entry) and third Rocketman.
The Royal London race committee did a great job getting in four races in quick succession.
Overall Results:
| Pos | Sail No | Boat name | Class | Team | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Pts |
|---|
| 1 | GBR 1437 | Exabyte 7 | Etchells | Shaun Frohlich / Shaun Frohlich / David Bedford / Duncan Truswell | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | GBR 927 | Royal London YC Youths (Corinthian) | Etchells | William Bedford / William Heritage / Lucie Offord / Will Birch‑Tomlinson | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | GBR 1439 | Rocketman (Corinthian) | Etchells | Rob Goddard / jack Muldon / Joe Burns | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 4 | GBR 1020 | Royal Lymington YC Youths (Corinthian) | Etchells | Robby Boyd / Fraser Woodley / Max Crowe / Haydon | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | GBR 1431 | STRAIT DEALER | ETCHELLS | David Franks / Graham Sunderland / Ryan / Lainey | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| 6 | GBR 1352 | Jolly Roger | Etchells | Nicholas Stagg / Matt Reid / Henry Wetherell | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 7 | GBR 1014 | Grieg City Academy (Corinthian) | Etchells | Azat Ulutas / Seun Williams / Alex Bouchereau / Victor Emovu | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | GBR 1194 | Oxford University YC Youths (Corinthian) | Etchells | Rebecca Anthony | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
| 9 | GBR 782 | Royal Thames YC Youths (Corinthian) | Etchells | Ollie Grogono / Nick Wilkinson / Thea Crawshaw / Charlotte Hooper | 6 | DNF | DNS | DNS | 28 |
| 10 | GBR 1434 | Alfie | Etchells | Lawrie Smith / Gonçalo Ribeiro / Richard Parslow / Joao De Matos Rosa | DNC | DNC | DNC | DNC | 33 |
